​NOTE TO ARTISTS: Download your professional photography, by Denise Donegan, of the exhibit and each artist next to their piece, for your collection and the chapter archives. The link to the photography site is in your email if you are in the exhibition. Contact Susan Kraft if you need the link resent with a reliable return address (not blocked by an email filter)

National 2016 Impact! conference in Washington DCWe just returned from the 2016 fabulous conference, Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Impact! exhibition in Washington, DC. The images to the right are from the Chapter's Council, a presentation, and from our annual Lifetime Achievement Awards held at the National Museum for Women in the Arts.​

Our local chapter 2016 Speaker and Board MeetingWhat a great meeting! In the first hour, our board reviewed last year and talked about what happens next, now that we don't have a newly elected board to replace the current one. (more about dissolution)A tailoredGYST workshop presented by founder Karen Atkinson, was powerful and impressive. Everyone who attended got much more than anticipated. More about the workshop and after party.

Meeting Minutes for October 17, 2015, 1:00-3:30pm​ at Rachel Tirosh's home in Sunnyvale. See happy Susan, serious board members

At the 2015 Board Fall BBQ meeting, we discussed alternative directions of the upcoming year - to form a new executive board or not. Anne Giancola was unanimously voted in President Elect.

Still open: Treasurer and Secretary

Susan Kraft will stay on as Past President, as will Jane Peterman as Past TreasurerEither way it goes, we all agreed to make big strides and use our funds to create enticing art events in 2016, in addition to our 2-month summer exhibition, "Intentions", in San Jose.

2015 Fall SVWCA AgendaOPENJANUARY 2015 meeting minutes read:● Della Calfe represented our chapter at the New York National WCA February 2015 Conference● Two gallery exhibitions were posted on Entrythingy and our websites:○ SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day– a February 2015 exhibition in Livermore.○ Our annual members show Sexism: A Touchy Subject– a July 2015exhibition in San Francisco, was documented by a catalog with ISBN number 978-0-9965964-0-4. ● www.sbawca.org now points to www.svwca.org until 2017, then sbawca.org closes.

REVIEW Coming Up in 2016● Two gallery exhibitions are posted here, on our Exhibition page.○ SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day– a March-April exhibition in Livermore, called "Too Much Information" . A $25/$35 entry fee.○ Our annual members show "Intentions"– a June-July exhibition in San Jose University, MLK Library gallery. $5 entry fee● Request member to represent our chapter at the Washington, DC National WCA Conference.● New Executive members meet with past President and past-Treasurer or execute exit plan.

Eat. Drink. Share art stories.

CLOSING at 3:30

Important 2016 Exhibition Information

Intentions - Silicon Valley Women's Caucus for Art Chapter 2016 ExhibitionOur Members show at the fabulous Martin Luther King Jr. Library in San Jose is scheduled. Mark you calendar for the month of June.

The show is hung onJune 5th and runs through the end of July.

Post Note For 2015 Exibition

July 25th closing reception for Sexism: A Touchy Subject, was bitter-sweet, - it was wonderful for all the gallery artists to see each other one more time, but sad to see the installation break apart.

Jill Andre', SVWCA's Hospitality Chair brought a moveable feast in for us. As we talked and viewed our exhibition one last time, Jane Peterman, SVWCA's Treasurer and de facto Exhibition Shipping and Receiving worked steadily to wrap and pack pieces into their original boxes.

NEWS: 2015 Annual SVWCA Exhibition Opened In San Francisco Gallery On July 3

The opening went off with a smashing success. Below is a photo of Silicon Valley Women's Caucus for Art President, Susan Kraft (left), naming the awardees at Arc Galllery. See many, many more photos on our Facebook page.

2012 Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference in Manhattan

Della Calfee our Vice President and Jill Andre our Hospitality Chair attended the 2012 Women’s Caucus for Art National Conference in Manhattan on behalf of Silicon Valley Women's Caucus for Art. What follows, is a personal account by Della, on her trip.

"I took my first trip ever to Manhattan, during a snowstorm no less, to attend this year’s national Women’s Caucus for Art conference at the Hilton on Times Square.

I traveled with our chapter Hospitality Chair Jill Andre, a six year conference veteran, who showed me the ropes and booked the most magnificent view for our hotel room. After five days I was still taking it all in.

The highlight for me personally, was the book fair where I found... (more)

Board Talk

This is our new WWW domain name, SVWCA, because we are changed our chapter name from South Bay Area to Silicon Valley.

Our first SWAN Day show is arranged and promoted by SWAN Day Liaison, Anne Giancola at the Livermore,CA Bankhead Theater Gallery.

Our new email address issiliconValley.wca@gmail.com By having a special gmail account, we also get a special Google drive to store all our documents.

We've entered into a contract with Arc- San Francisco gallery for a summer 2015 show. This is a mixed invitational and open national call to all self-identified women on issues surrounding Sexism and a Proactive Future.- 2015 details to follow, in our VolunteerSpot page. - Watch for the next quarterly newsletter in 2015 for more details, or check back here on our webpages, or on our Facebook page.

We have a desktop-sharing tool called Cisco WebEx. It makes on-line meetings really easy! You can share desktops and control along with multiple phone lines using WebEx.